USG 112 unloads cars from the night before at USG's Plaster City facility. The USG operates two Bombardier HR412W's here and is the last freight hauling narrow gauge in the United States.
The morning mine train nears the USG plant in Plaster City as it brings the day's first load of crushed gypsum from the quarry. The open nose door on the MLW DL535E is common operating practice on... (more)
More crushed gypsum heads to Plaster City (where it will be crushed even more). The mine railroad was originally conceived and built by a San Diego pharmacist, Samuel Dunnaway, who had relocated t... (more)
Usually there is no way to beat the USG train from Plaster City to Ocotillo Wells (at least that's my experience). I suppose you might do it with a dune buggy of some sort, running along the ROW t... (more)
The morning mine train is getting ready to depart from Plaster City as DL535E pulls up to make a hook with the empty cars. Had to get a shot with a little bit of Alco (or MLW) smoke.
US Gypsum DL-535 #112 rolls across a desert arroyo with a heavy loaded train on the evening of March 26, 2020. This is the last narrow gauge freight railroad in the United States, hauling gypsum r... (more)
US Gypsum DL-535 #112 rolls across the Carrizo Creek Bridge with a loaded train. The fish Creek mountains can be seen in the background. This is the same Carrizo Creek that carved the impressive C... (more)
Make Life Last, Put Safety First. Important words to live by, especially when working in industry. At the Plaster City, California processing plant DL-535-E #112 spots its train of hopper ... (more)
"The door is closed!" Steve Barry's cry rang across the Ocotillo Wells desert, the four words none of us thought we'd hear on a 100°+ day. Nevertheless, the second departure from the US G... (more)